We thought about that. And we figured… hell yeah!

We hired the very best WordPress developers we could find, people who had been doing it for years and knew WordPress inside out. We showed them JomSocial and we told them “We want a powerful, scaleable plugin that’s as good as this.”

Introducing: PeepSo!

PeepSo is amazing. It works flawlessly inside your WordPress site and has many of the familiar features you love in JomSocial. It’s light and super-easy to set up. PeepSo's version is currently RC4, which means it's still in beta but pretty much ready to be stable at any moment.

As soon as JomSocial 4.0 was released, and we’d finished partying, we began work on the next major version while still keeping an eye on the current stable release. We are now finalizing improvements and adding new features to the core before we focus on completely redesigning modules and applications to fit the wonderful new JomSocial 4 design.

Read on for a sneak peek of the major improvements and new features that you can expect to enjoy in the next release.

PayPlans is a Joomla-based subscription system from Ready Bytes that lets publishers create membership sites quickly and easily. It includes automatic subscription options and effortless billing management, complete with a unique invoicing system. Its suite of apps makes every aspect of subscription billing a breeze.

Together, PayPlans and JomSocial provide an ideal solution for businesses creating an online community. They integrate seamlessly, the teams share cross-platform knowledge and both have strong support that can deliver customized solutions to meet any customer demand.

If you’re wondering why we skipped a version, we didn’t. In fact, you can see the 4.0.4 changelog right here.

Version 4.0.5 is a bugfix release. Users have been really helpful by reporting issues in the forums. We’re really grateful for that, and we’ve been busy tackling those bugs. You can see the full list of fixes and improvements in our 4.0.5 changelog.

ReadyBytes make some of the most popular third-party extensions for JomSocial, and we’ve been working closely with them over the last couple of weeks to make sure that their components work smoothly with new JomSocial 4.

Those improvements make up a large part of the changes we made in JomSocial 4.0.3 but you can see the full list of fixes and improvements in our changelog. Before you view that list, do read through this blog post to discover the most important new additions.

JomSocial 4.0.2 includes a bunch of new goodies that we know you’re going to love.

How do we know you’re going to love them?

Because there’s a good chance that you were one of the people who asked for them! Just about all the ideas in 4.0.2 come from users who used JomSocial 4, loved it and thought of ways to make it even better.

You can see the full list of fixes and improvements on our changelog page but do read through this blog post to find out about all the new things we’ve added.

JomSocial 4 is the best version of JomSocial we have ever released. The team has done a fantastic job and I couldn’t be prouder to be part of such a strong, dynamic group of people producing such awesome products.

While we were working on the amazing JomSocial 4, we also decided to completely redo Socialize. There were some bugs that we wanted to squish, we needed to keep up with the new JomSocial — and we wanted to give it a completely fresh, new look!

While we were working on the amazing JomSocial 4, we also decided to completely redo Socialize. There were some bugs that we wanted to squish, we needed to keep up with the new JomSocial — and we wanted to give it a completely fresh, new look!

It's been just a week since we released JomSocial 4 Beta to our beta testers, and they've already been hard at work. They've given us some fantastic feedback and reported over 50 bugs that our developers have been busy squishing.

I am happy to announce the release of JomSocial 4 Beta! After many months of hard work, it's finally ready for beta testing. We've had some great feedback and suggestions on our community and it's made a big difference, so thank you for your help. We appreciate it!

JomSocial 4 Alpha is already active on our community at jomsocial.com/community and the feedback has been amazing! Hundreds of people have logged in, tried it and provided some really valuable feedback. They're helping us to give Version 4 those final touches.

With the release of the JomSocial 4 beta just around the corner, we’ve just got time for one final bugfix release for 3.2.1.

There are no known security issues in this release, but we do advise you to update your sites as it does include some important privacy and features patches. To see the full list of fixes and improvements please visit the changelog page.

This release ends the bug fixing for 3.2 series (unless some major security flaw is discovered). The next bug fixes will be for version 4.

I’ve been keeping you updated on our blog about the development of JomSocial 4.0, and the responses have been incredible. Our team has been working around the clock to provide you with the best social networking application for Joomla and beyond.

You already know about the new Theme Designer feature, right? Pro license holders can now create their own moods and badges, add profile information on the cover, control colors, and more. I also told you about supporting hashtags and an optimized CSS. Pretty cool.

Today I want to tell you about other new features and improvements that are coming to version 4.0.